Doctoral Training Centre

Overview

Funded by the EIT Digital (former EIT ICT Labs) and hosted by the LINCS, the Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) gathers PhD students interested in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) in the field of Internet technologies. It provides to each PhD student:

  • During the PhD thesis:
    • a high-level I&E education program, including courses and summer schools;
    • the LINCS facilities for research, innovation and collaborations, including seminars and reading groups;
    • funding for long-term visits (up to 6 months) in European universities and industrial labs.
  • After the PhD defense:
    • funding, including the salary, for business development in a company or an incubator (6 months).

Upon completion of the whole program, a certificate from the EIT Digital is awarded to complement the PhD degree.

Application

Any PhD student can apply, preferably in the first or second year of her/his thesis, provided:

  • the university is a partner of EIT Digital (e.g., UPMC, Institut Mines-Télécom, Université Paris-Sud),
  • the focus of the PhD thesis is on Internet technologies at large (including networking, cloud computing, smart grids, etc.),
  • the PhD thesis is partly supervised by an industrial partner (e.g., through a CIFRE contract or a collaborative project).

There are 2-3 calls for application per year, see the EIT ICT Labs Doctoral School Web site.

Support

The Doctoral Training Centre is supported by:

Contact

For more details, please contact the DTC manager Fabienne Lassausaie.